Elvira Quintana
Acting • Born 1935-11-07 – Died 1968-08-08
Biography
Spanish-born Mexican actress, singer, and poet. her family migrated to Mexico when she was 5 years old. She began her career working in theatre and later participated in films as an extra. Her first important role was as Carmen Ochoa in "Una solución inesperada", a segment of the drama film Canasta de cuentos mexicanos (1956). She then enrolled in the National Association of Actors' theatre and film institute (Instituto Teatral y Cinematográfico). She was given her first starring role in El buen ladrón (1957) before her breakthrough in Bolero inmortal (1958), in which she debuted as a singer; the film's soundtrack album, for which she recorded songs, was a commercial success throughout Hispanic America. She starred opposite Pedro Armendáriz, her favorite actor, in Dos hijos desobedientes (1960). Greatly admired by audiences for her beauty and talent, she became one of the most popular Mexican performers of the 1960s.
Filmography
43 credits
Diabolical Kidnapping
Movie • 1957
Tres Romeos y una Julieta
Movie • 1961
Los años verdes
Movie • 1967
Póker de reinas
Movie • 1960
Los derechos de los hijos
Movie • 1963
La divina garza
Movie • 1963
Basket of Mexican Tales
Movie • 1956
Carmen Ochoa
800 Leagues Over the Amazon
Movie • 1959
Minha
Se alquila marido
Movie • 1961
Rita
Gutierritos
Movie • 1959
Rosa
Dos hijos desobedientes
Movie • 1960
Elvira
The Law of Guns
Movie • 1960
María
Tres muchachas de Jalisco
Movie • 1964
Elvira
El Siete de Copas
Movie • 1960
Rosa
Bolero Inmortal
Movie • 1958
Me llaman el cantaclaro
Movie • 1964
Amparo
Lástima de ropa
Movie • 1962
Duelo indio
Movie • 1961
Marisela
Una pasión me domina
Movie • 1961
El caudillo
Movie • 1957
The Curse of the Doll People
Movie • 1961
Karina
Las tapatías nunca pierden
Movie • 1965
Griselda Rios
Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)
Movie • 1962
Los tigres del ring
Movie • 1960
El misterio del carro express
Movie • 1953
The Cha Cha Cha Widows
Movie • 1955
Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
Movie • 1964
Bonitas las Tapatias
Movie • 1961
Las canciones unidas
Movie • 1960
Tintansón Cruzoe
Movie • 1965
Tres palomas alborotadas
Movie • 1963
Amor a balazo limpio
Movie • 1961
Chabela
¡Viva Benito Canales!
Movie • 1966
El vestido de novia
Movie • 1959
Rebeca Ponce
Peligros de juventud
Movie • 1960
Every Child a Cross to Bear
Movie • 1957
Dios no lo quiera
Movie • 1957
Rosa
El tiro de gracia
Movie • 1961
La mafia del crimen
Movie • 1958
Linda
El pueblo sin Dios
Movie • 1955
Cabaretera
Lo que le pasó a Sansón
Movie • 1955
Myriam
Melodías de amor
Movie • 1955
Marta (no acreditado)
De hombre a hombre
Movie • 1961
Lucha